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Cliché - 1880 tender for the ½d, 1½d and 2d contract: Copper electro at type height. 2d frame J with 'Ceylon large head', corner letters 'WW', a group of six letterpress cliches mounted on lead - .1 to .3 are 2d, .4 to .6 are 1½d. Great Britain. Stone: '29th January (2nd February), 1880 (two entries): 'Engraving Postage Dies 2d. Specimen Stamps 2 & 3 (Stamp 4).' 3rd February, 1880: (three entries) '2869 (70/71). Flat Postage Label.' '. Perkins Bacon.